2007-04-06 09:53:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
whiz, are you saying science is another evidence of this fear?
2007-04-06 11:01:10 · update #1
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Speak for yourself. Thats what adventure is all about
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2007-04-06 10:02:05 · answer #1 · answered by mygrandmaker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's the way our brain works. We seem to be compelled to imagine a cause for every event, regardless of how improbable. To use a rather dated analogy, we couldn't admit that we don't know what the moon is made of so we told our children it was green cheese. Obviously, the wive's-tales were wrong. Science, with its absolute requirement of experimental test, was designed to overcome this common human failing and the results have been spectacular. Just imagine where humanity would be if we could devise a self-correcting method to overcome this same failing in other human endeavors.
2007-04-06 17:16:37 · answer #2 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Humans have the incessant need to know everything, I agree. That's why we go to school, read books, ask questions on here, and why we're so bloody curious about everything.
Most people fear that which is unknown. People fear death and darkness if they don't know what comes after death or what might be lurking in the darkness.
If you're asking this in reference to things like science:
People want to find proof for things that we believe. They're out to prove religion, etc...but religion is based on faith (the assurance of things hoped for and the conviction of things not seen). So they try to do things like research evolution, figure out creation, and (more recently) discover the tomb of Jesus. (Tabloid load of crap, that one. There's no tomb of Jesus, if you ask me.)
2007-04-06 17:00:08 · answer #3 · answered by paralyzed nomad 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because then you can't prepare yourself for what's to come, and people like to be prepared. For example, some people are afraid to walk in the streets alone at night because they never know if they're going to be attacked, and if they aren't prepared for that, they may get hurt.
2007-04-06 16:57:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you don't know what dangers exist in an area you don't know. i.e. If you were to be asked to go into space to see what exists beyond pluto, you might be afraid to go because you do not know what is out there or what dangers you might encounter on the way.
2007-04-06 16:58:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know, there for I do not fear. I have a home that awaits me in Heaven. Are you afraid? Do you not know your heavenly father? If your answer is no, then I could understand you fearing what it is that you do not know.
2007-04-06 16:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by HappyGoLucky 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's instinctive to fear the unknown. In ancient times, the unknown could (and often did) kill you. Therefore, it's in our nature to fear the unknown.
2007-04-06 17:12:17 · answer #7 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not. I'm perfectly comfortable with it. I think Christians are afraid OF knowing.
2007-04-06 17:00:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus said: I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father, but through me.
2007-04-06 17:02:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not know what will happen tomorrow but I am not afraid of facing tomorrow. So you see I am not afraid of not knowing......
2007-04-06 17:00:44 · answer #10 · answered by P'quaint! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When we know the future, we can know how to live in the present.
2007-04-06 16:58:34 · answer #11 · answered by connie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋